Welcome to the Art Page


I (Can’t) Can Do Art!!!

Please let me know if links are NOT working or if you find something to add to this list!!

Thanks! -Mrs. Ballam, Librarian - lyn.ballam@k12northstar.org




Smithsonian American Art Museum & the Renwick Gallery.
- Great virtual tours, student podcasts,
- http://americanart.si.edu/education/classroom/results/

National Gallery of Art
- Art lesson plans.
- Loan program, teacher packets, access to a plethora of media.
- http://www.nga.gov/education/index.shtm

National Portrait Gallery
- Excellent lesson plans.
- Online Teacher’s Workshops
- Online Exhibitions.
- http://www.npg.si.edu/education/schoolprograms.html

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Libraries and study centers.
- Teaching resources, lesson plans, A/V materials, & electronic media.
- World-wide links to artistic cultures.
- http://www.metmuseum.org/education/

The Art Institute of Chicago
- Lesson Plans, Artist Biographies, Chicago Architechs.
- Student Podcasts, Curious Corner (3-12)
- http://www.artic.edu/aic/education/

Picasso
www.mrpicassohead.com

Jackson Pollock
http://www.jacksonpollock.org/
http://www.nga.gov/kids/zone/brushster.htm

Vincent Van Gogh
http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/van_gogh/index.html

Andy Warhol
- http://www.warhol.org/
- http://www.warhol.org/interactive/silkscreen/main.html

Art Techniques


The Golden Triangle
http://jwilson.coe.uga.edu/EMAT6680/Parveen/Math_and_Art.htm

The Golden Rectangle
http://jwilson.coe.uga.edu/EMAT6680/Parveen/Math_and_Art.htm

Drawing Now!
http://www.drawingnow.com/how-to-draw-animals.html

Cezanne’s Astonishing Apples
http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/cezannes_apples/apple.html

Making Still Life Paintings
http://www.nga.gov/kids/zone/stilllife.htm
In written directions at the bottom of page, is slide show of still life examples

Art Integration


Tessilation
http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/Tessellate/
http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/tess/grids.htm
Select “Online”

Exploring Triangles and Polygons
http://standards.nctm.org/document/eexamples/chap4/4.2/index.htm#applet

Fractal Explorer
- http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/205811
- http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/fractals/WHY/

Build a Dinosaur!
- http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/dinosaurs/buildadino/
- there is also, build a caterpillar Science.

Arthur’s Alien Builder
- http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/alien/alien.swf

Make-A-Flake
- http://snowflakes.barkleyus.com/index.html
- cut with scissors, the middle of the scissors is the cursor. (red/gray)
- http://www.bentley.sciencebuff.org/

STArT! Teaching Science Through Art
http://www.susanahalpine.com/STArt/index.htm
(Halpine, 2005)

Connecting Language Arts to the Arts
http://thewalters.org/pachydermpubs/00-64-881120031647100113-9310870-6-106-1129824/

Black and White Coloring Masters
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/capades/imitate.html#peoplace
Can print in b&w for students to color differently than the artists

PowerPoints for teaching digital arts
http://digitalarted.com/computer_integ/computer_integ.htm

colormatters.com
http://www.colormatters.com/

Word Posters
http://www.wordle.net/
More times you use word the bigger it is.
Then use ampersand ~ between words that need to stay together.
Example: United~States~of~America
Once created use layout and color. Repeat layout until you find the one you like. Color do custom pallet. Just keep trying until you find the one you like.
Scroll to bottom and randomize.

Animation
http://www.stykz.net/Home.html
download to create animation.